Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nitrogenize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ni-tro-g-e-nize
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English nitrogen Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English nitrogenize From nitrogen + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

nitrogenizes (present, singular) nitrogenizing (participle, present) nitrogenized (participle, past) nitrogenized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

nitrogenization

Synonyms

nitrify nitrogenise

Questions

What does nitrogenize mean?: To treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
Where does nitrogenize come from?: Etymology tree English nitrogen Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English nitrogenize From nitrogen + -ize.

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